Raglan-Manu Bay surf break

Raglan-Manu Bay surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Raglan-Manu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan-Manu Bay sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Raglan-Manu Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan-Manu Bay at 8PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.1m 26s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)--
Afternoon (15 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (15 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

Table - waves today at Raglan-Manu Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
W
1.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111112222212120201319181817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5395934754213725255163383353323234904859533145323737533668354229742642213419191518
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
5
SE
10
E
5
NE
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
0
NW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
2.42
6:59AM
2.31
7:38PM
2.47
8:05AM
2.38
8:34PM
2.55
8:59AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.84
1:16PM
0.84
1:56AM
0.73
2:20PM
0.70
2:50AM
0.58
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:33-------6:31--
Sunset-7:37-------7:37-------7:38------
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C1413131313131415151413121191214141312111091214
Feels °C (?)978899910101098107111212121111871011
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Raglan-Manu Bay (fresh winds from the SW at Port Taharoa Automatic Weather Station 40 km from Raglan-Manu Bay). A 1.9m groundswell from the W

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31 km/h
SW
0.0
15.8
Air / Water (°C)
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